Thursday, September 19, 2013

Hi everyone! Today I bring you the next entry in my Circle Lens Review series! We have a very exciting post today for all of my American readers. Welcome See Clear!! See Clear Contacts are unique because they are based in the USA! AMERICAN FRIENDS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEAN?! Circle lenses that ship domestically get to you so fast!! No more of this waiting 2-3 weeks thing! I got these lenses in less than a week. *dance party*

That said, unfortunately you cannot buy from See Cleardirectly. Because they are USA based, federal law requires a prescription to get contacts. After you have a prescription for contacts from your eye doctor, you can buySee Clearlenses from their authorized distributors like EyeStylez! EyeStylez is also USA based so you can expect faster shipping. Yipee! See Clearalso works closely with optical stores across the nation- from New York to Los Angeles, so they may be easily accessible through your local optometry clinics. :3

I know getting a prescription is a pain in the butt, but even if you buy lenses from another country, you really should have a prescription anyway. Your eyes are not worth messing up for life just because you want to look cute for a little while. Don't be a dummy. Get a prescription.

Another benefit of See Clearbeing USA based is that all of their lenses are US FDA approved, which is not always the case from other suppliers. I feel safer & happy knowing that US FDA thinks these lenses are cool too.

Anyway, now that we got all that fancy information out of the way, let's start the review!! See Clearsent me some samples of their Circle Collection. So exciting!!

Let's start this off with mail day! Yeaaahhhh!

Heck. YEAH!

I wish yall could see the excitement on my face when lenses arrive. XD

Let's open 'er up!

What an awesome package!! A brochure of all of See Clear's circles, a guide to opening vials, and 4 pairs to review!

Wheeeeee~

You may remember my tutorial from last month's Pinky Paradise review, but in case you still need help, here are See Clear's instructions on how to open glass circle lens vials:

Pretty!!!These lenses, as long as the other Vibrant Circles, are 14.5mm & are one month disposable (with daily wear). After letting them soak in solution for 6-8 hrs, it's time to try them on!

I love them!!! They are so nice and pretty! I love the enlargement too!

These lenses make my dreams of being a kawaii bear come true!~

My eyes look so big!

What do you think?

Overall Rating

Design~ 4/5

This design is very cute! The black dots in the design help it to blend into your natural eye color, while the dark outer rings gives a huge doll eye effect. I wish the dark outer ring was a little thicker for an even more dolly effect, but that's just a personal preference. I do love them just how they are as well!

Color~ 5/5

These lenses are a lovely silver gray color. I personally love gray lenses, so that's a bonus!

Enlargement~ 5/5

The enlargement is definitely extremely noticeable. I really like it!

Comfort~ 4/5

The Vibrant collection is pretty thin when it comes to contacts. The upside is that you can barely feel them, but the downside is that they are harder to put in because they are a bit flimsy. Also, they are one month disposable so you can't wear them comfortably for as long as year disposables.

Naturalness~ 3/5

Nope. Not natural at all, haha. But who wants to be natural when you can be a KAWAII BEAR. Rawr.

I like that these lenses are a little bit darker than my natural eye. It makes my eyes pop and I look like some kind of fantasy creature. No complaints here!

Enlargement~ 5/5

So big and pretty! ♡

Comfort~ 4/5

Same as Vibrant Silver Gray~

"The Vibrant collection is pretty thin when it comes to contacts. The upside is that you can barely feel them, but the downside is that they are harder to put in because they are a bit flimsy. Also, they are one month disposable so you can't wear them comfortably for as long as year disposables."

Naturalness~ 3/5

They look more natural on me than some circles, but that is because they are green like my eyes. If you got them in your eye color, I bet they'd look great! Lenses this big are never going to look very natural though.

I'm very interested to try these! Like the Vibrant Collection, these are also 14.5mm and one month disposable.

Cute!!!To be completely honest, this was my least favorite pair of the samples that See Clear sent me. I really love all of the others, so it's not to say I don't like them, just that they are my least favorite of the bunch. There are a few reasons, to be discussed below~

Overall Rating

Design~ 3/5

To me, the colored bit of the lenses is too thin. I think that it would look beautiful on brown eyes, but I don't think it offers much value to people with lighter colored eyes. The design is thin and small, so it really just looked like a solid thin dark ring around my light green eyes. The design was kind of lost, which was unfortunate because it is lovely.

Color~ 3/5

The brown ring is very dark and as I said before, just provides with you a dark circle around your iris. Because the design is thin, it doesn't make your eyes appear brown at all. It just gives you the ring.

Enlargement~ 4/5

They are big, but for some reason, the didn't seem to enlarge as much as other 14.5mm lenses. The definitely do enlarge though!!! O.O

Comfort~ 2/5

I have no idea what was going when I wore these lenses. I'm not sure if something was wrong with me or the lenses. I will give these another go in the future and update this blog accordingly. I had a hard time putting them in, and then once they were in, they floated around in my eye if I didn't blink often enough. In my line of work, you have to keep your eyes open for a long time so the camera doesn't catch you all wonky-eyed (hehe), so floating lenses are particularly a problem for me. Model or not, you don't want your lenses floating around. I don't know if it's the shape of my eye or what, but it doesn't normally happen with other lenses. One side even popped out of my eye! I've never had that happen before. I don't know what was going on. Not sure if the lens is to blame, or if I'm to blame. :x

Naturalness~ 2/5

The dark ring is unnatural on me. I would really love to see these on someone with brown eyes.

Oooh! I am not normally much a fan of black lenses, but this may be my favorite of the samples from See Clear! I am so excited for these!

Oh my god! YAY! I love them! Now you may be confused. How are these that much different that the Twinkle Choco lenses that I just said weren't my thing? They are both simply dark outer rings around your green eyes?Sit tight for my review!

Meow!! Speaking of meow~

Kitty is not happy about the love, hahaha.

Overall Rating

Design~ 5/5

I really like these! The design covers enough of the lens to where my green eyes just peak through. This is the thick ring that I wish the brown lenses above would have had. It's pretty and it feathers into my natural color nicely, even for such a harsh contrast.

Color~ 5/5

Well... it's black. And it looks black.

Enlargement~ 4/5

They are so big and pretty! Like the others, they are 14.5mm.

Comfort~ 4/5

Comfy! I didn't experience any of the problems I had with the brown pair. Like the Vibrant pairs, they are a little floppy but comfortable.